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Slate highlights this historical gem. In the winter of 1864 Willima Tecumseh Sherman presented Lincoln with the City of Savannah as a Christmas present. Sherman's telegram, dated December 22, reads “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of
Savannah with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition and also about
25,000 bales of cotton.” According to Slate, "The brief message came as a huge
relief to Lincoln, who had been out of touch with Sherman for several
weeks, since the major general had embarked from Atlanta on his March to
the Sea."